Name
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Class year
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Notability
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References
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Arumugam Manthiram
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PhD 1980
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Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Texas at Austin; Inventor of polyanion cathodes for lithium ion batteries; Delivered the 2019 Nobel Prize Lecture in Chemistry; IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award - 2015
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[15][16][17][18]
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Anant Agarwal
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BTech 1982
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Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT; CEO of EdX; holds a Guinness World Record for the largest microphone array; IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award – 2014
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[19][20][21][22]
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Animashree Anandkumar
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BTech 2004
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Bren Professor of Computing at California Institute of Technology; Director of Machine Learning research at NVIDIA
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[23][24]
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G. K. Ananthasuresh
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BTech 1989
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Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
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[25]
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Hari Balakrishnan
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BTech 1993
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Fujitsu Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT; ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time Award—2011; ACM SIGMOBILE Test of Time Award—2017, 2018; ACM SIGOPS Hall of Fame Award—2015; ACM SIGMOD Test of Time Award—2017; 2020 Infosys Prize; 2021 IEEE Koji Kobayashi Award for Computers and Communications; Member of the National Academy of Engineering; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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[26][27][28][29][30]
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Dipankar Banerjee
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BTech 1974
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Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering Engineering of the Indian Institute of Science
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[31]
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Narayanan Chandrakumar
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MSc 1972
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Chemical Physicist; Professor of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology—1996; J. C. Bose National Fellowship—2009
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[32][33]
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K. Mani Chandy
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BTech 1965
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Simon Ramo Professor of Computer Science at the California Institute of Technology; A. A. Michelson Award of CMG (the Computer Measurement Group); Sherman Fairchild Fellowship; IEEE Koji Kobayashi Award for Computers and Communications; Fellow of the IEEE; Member of the National Academy of Engineering; 2014 Dijkstra Prize
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[34][35][36][37]
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Atul Chokshi
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BTech 1980
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Professor, Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore; Swarnajayanti Presidential Young Investigator Award; MRSI Medal; Metallurgist of the Year Award (Ministry of Steel & Mines); Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, G.D. Birla Gold Medal (IIM); IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award
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[38]
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S. A. Choudum
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PhD 1974
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Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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[39][40]
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Premkumar
Devanbu
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B.Tech 1977
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of California, Davis; ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award; Alexander von Humboldt Research Award; IEEE Computer Society Harlan Mills Award
|
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Venkatesan Guruswami
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BTech 1997
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Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University; ex-faculty at University of Washington
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[41][42][43]
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Viswanathan Kumaran
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BTech 1987
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Professor, Indian Institute of Science
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[44]
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L. Mahadevan
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BTech 1986
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de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, Physics and Biology, Harvard University; MacArthur Fellow 2009; F.R.S. 2016
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[45][46]
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Pinaki Majumdar
|
MTech 1990
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Professor at Harish-Chandra Research Institute; Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology—2007
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[47][48]
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Pranawachandra Deshmukh
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PhD 1979
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Adjunct Professor of Physics at Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati; Mentor and Convener, CAMOST, a joint initiative of Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati (since 2020)
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[49][50]
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C. G. Krishnadas Nair
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BTech 1964
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Author; Metallurgist; Padma Shri Laureate; IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award—1996
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[51]
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Ramarathnam Narasimhan
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BTech 1982
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Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science; IIT Madras Distinguished Alumni Award – 2016
|
[52]
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Arvind Narayanan
|
BTech 2004
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University; PET Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technology—2014
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[53][54][55][56]
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Sethuraman Panchanathan
|
MTech 1986
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Executive Vice President at ASU Knowledge Enterprise Development; Chief Research and Innovation Officer at Arizona State University (ASU)
|
[57]
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Shanthi Pavan
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BTech 1995
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Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras
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[58]
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A. G. Ramakrishnan
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MTech 1982; PhD 1989
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Professor at Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Member, Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Senate Member, IIIT Allahabad; Manthan Awards 2014 and 2015; Founder-director of RaGaVeRa Indic Technologies Pvt Ltd.
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[59][60][61][62][63]
[64]
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B.S. Sathyaprakash
|
MSc Phys. 1981
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Bert Elsbach Professor of Physics The Pennsylvania State University; Professor of Gravitational Physics Cardiff University; Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore, India;[65] Sathyaprakash Research Group [66]
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[67][68]
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Mahadev Satyanarayanan
|
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Carnegie Group Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University; Principal architect and implementor of the Andrew File System (AFS)
|
[69]
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V. Srinivasan
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BTech 1966
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The Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus, Stanford University; IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award—2001
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[70][71]
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Marti G. Subrahmanyam
|
|
Charles E. Merrill Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University
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[72][73]
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Arun Sundararajan
|
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Professor at Stern School of Business, New York University
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[74][75][76]
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Rusi Taleyarkhan
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BTech 1977
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Professor, Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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[77][78]
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Sridhar Tayur
|
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Ford Distinguished Research Chair and Professor of Operations Management at the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University; founder, SmartOps and OrganJet
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[79][80]
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Jayant B. Udgaonkar
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MSc 1981
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Senior Professor, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; J. C. Bose National fellow; Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Biological Sciences – 2000; IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award – 2011; G. N. Ramachandran Gold Medal – 2011
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[81]
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